SKU: HL.48011421
UPC: 073999933246. 9.0x12.0x0.086 inches.
Contents: The Merryman and his Maid * Henry's Hornpipe * Lison Dormait * Willow Water * Chromatic Waltz * Bagatelle * Mango Walk * Time to Leave * Hurry on Down * Wolsey's Wilde * Song of Sadness * Jingling Jinny * Loch Lomond * Roaring Jelly * March in D * Three-key Rollalong * Romance * Merry-Go-Round * Dance of the Minor Thirds * Gavotte from Suite No. 14 * Morag's Lament * Fiddlesticks * Snake in the Grass * March from the Nutcracker Suite.
SKU: HL.48011420
UPC: 073999731538. 9.0x12.0x0.14 inches.
Includes part for both violin and piano Contents: The Merryman and his Maid * Henry's Hornpipe * Lison Dormait * Willow Water * Chromatic Waltz * Bagatelle * Mango Walk * Time to Leave * Hurry on Down * Wolsey's Wilde * Song of Sadness * Jingling Jinny * Loch Lomond * Roaring Jelly * March in D * Three-key Rollalong * Romance * Merry-Go-Round * Dance of the Minor Thirds * Gavotte from Suite No. 14 * Morag's Lament * Fiddlesticks * Snake in the Grass * March from the Nutcracker Suite.
SKU: CA.966700
ISBN 9790007167721. Text language: Latin.
Psalm 130 is one of the most dramatic and certainly one of the Old Testament texts has most often been set to music by composers. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord ... who shall stand? Matsushita set this lament pianissimo, chordally and in a low-register, using chromatically altered chords with sparse, detached sounds. In contrast, as the aim and climax of the work he sets, most effectively the hopeful second part half of the text, with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. With the (optional) use of two hand bells he introduces the convincing, optimistic section in F major, which, however, through a reminiscence of the opening de profundis leads into a short coda: but actually Redemption is only optimism, something for the future and not reality. The level of difficulty should pose no problems for a sufficiently-sized choir with sure intonation. It is most impressive when sung either for worship services or in concert. World premiere: March 2016 in Stuttgart, Germany.
SKU: BT.EMBZ20085
English-Hungarian.
Bartók's Mikrokosmos has been one of the milestones in pedagogical piano repertoire for 80 years - and yet it is also far more than a classical piano primer. These 153 piano pieces, organized in ascending order of difficulty, engage not only with technical aspects of piano playing but also with the fundamentals of composition - from Imitation and Inversion, Ostinato, and Free Variations, concerning compositional technique, to mood pieces and pieces with programmatic ideas such as Notturno, Boating, From the Diary of a Fly, or the famous Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm. Mikrokosmos first appeared in 1940 in six volumes. Based on volume 40 of the Bartók CompleteEdition published in 2020(Z. 15040), the present Urtext edition offers the series gathered in three volumes. This edition includes Bartók's preface, exercises, and notes written for the first edition. Furthermore, it also features a preface and comments by the editor, which not only discuss the genesis and the compositional sources but also provide performers, teachers and pupils alike, with authentic and detailed information about Bartók's notation and the specific performing problems of Mikrokosmos.
SKU: FH.VCE1
ISBN 978-1-55440-548-0.
This inaugural edition of the Cello Series offers a sound and progressive collection of Repertoire, Recordings, Etudes, Technique, and Orchestral Excerpts for the aspiring cellist. With an expansive representation of musical styles from all eras, this series addresses the need for a single collection of quality educational materials to foster musical development and instill appreciation of the richness and diversity of music written for cello. Reaching beyond the realm of examination preparation, this series offers one comprehensive volume of Orchestral Excerpts to prepare developing cellists for standard orchestral literature and audition requirements. Bowing and fingering suggestions follow established principles of orchestral playing and are provided to assist students in making stylistically informed performance decisions.Level 5:Prelude - Cohen, MaryEtude in D Minor - Noelck, August arr. Francis GrantEtude in E Minor - Kummer, Friedrich AugustSpanish Pizzicato - Legg, PatEtude in C Major, op. 76a, no. 5 - Popper, DavidBusy Bees - Mooney, RickEtude in D Minor - Feuillard, Louis R.Etude in A flat Major - Matz, RudolfPolly Wolly Doodle - American minstrel song arr. Rick MooneyEtude in A Major - Schroeder, CarlLevel 6:Etude in D Major, op. 76a, no. 7 - Popper, DavidLooping the Loop - Cohen, MaryMetal Cellos - Mooney, RickScherzo, op. 31, no. 4 - Lee, SebastianEtude in D Minor - Matz, RudolfEtude in E Minor - Dotzauer, FriedrichMarch, op. 68, no. 2 - Kabalevsky, DmitriVocalise in G Minor - Bordogni, MarcoEtude in F Minor - Kummer, Friedrich AugustLevel 7:Gigue Positions - Legg, PatRide Like the Wind! - Cohen, MaryRussian Song - Mooney, RickDance, op. 68, no. 3 - Kabalevsky, DmitriEtude in G Major - Feuillard, Louis R.Light Bowing, op. 31, no. 15 - Lee, SebastianEtude in F Minor - Matz, RudolfEtude in G Major - Dotzauer, FriedrichEtude in B flat Major, op. 75a, no. 10 - Popper, DavidVocalise in G Major - Bordogni, MarcoEtude in G Minor, op. 57, no. 6 - Kummer, Friedrich AugustLevel 8:Etude in D Major - Matz, RudolfExercise on the Trill, op. 31, no. 20 - Lee, SebastianThe Coyote's Bark - Mooney, RickEtude in D Minor - Dotzauer, FriedrichVocalise in C Major, op. 8, no. 6 - Bordogni, MarcoEtude in D Major, op. 35, no. 2 - Franchomme, Auguste-JosephEtude in D Minor - Grant, FrancisEtude in A flat Major, op. 21, no. 12 - Buechler, FerdinandScherzo, op. 68, no. 5 - Kabalevsky, DmitriChromatic Etude - Schroeder, Carl.
SKU: FT.FM274
ISBN 9790570481736.
Concert Band - 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 3 Clarinets in Bb, Bass Clarinet, 2 Bassoons, 2 Alto Saxophones, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 4 horns in F, 3 Trombones, Euphonium, Tuba, Timpani, Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Cymbals. A set of variations on an Irish folk tune for full concert band by Ian Vlemmiks. This rousing tune is presented in many guises – folk sounding, rousing, toe tapping sections give way to slower and more reflective/mournful variations . The music then switches from compound time to simple time for a march-like section, before a switch back to compound time for a richly chromatic version. Finally, brass fanfares and woodwind trills lead to a big finish. Great for the concert platform, the simpler phrase structures make this piece fairly straightforward to follow, even if some parts are technically harder (particularly flute 1 and clarinet 1).
SKU: TA.TSPB-44
In Mainstream Mallets, Jason Hammond-Wood has compiled over 20 short, 2-mallet solos with optional piano accompaniment to challenge more experienced middle school students while offering high school percussionists more performance opportunities. All selections are familiar tunes, including classical favorites such as The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Anitra's Dance (from Peer Gynt), and The Barber of Seville. Also included are nonclassical melodies like The Stars and Stripes Forever, The Entertainer, and On Wisconsin (the university's fight song). All pieces are playable on xylophone, vibraphone, or marimba, and two of the solos are adapted to be performed as duets! The optional piano accompaniment may be performed with a pianist, or by using the provided audio accompaniment tracks. Mainstream Mallets includes these 24 pieces: On Wisconsin | J.S. Hubbard and Charles D. Rosa | (Med-Easy, :35) The Happy Farmer | Robert Schumann | (Med-Easy, :51) Bourree | Johann Sebastian Bach | (Med-Easy, 1:51) Infernal Galop | Jacques Offenbach | (Med-Easy, 1:06) Sonatina | Muzio Clementi | (Medium, 1:07) Hungarian Dance No. 5 | Johannes Brahms | (Medium, 1:47) Pizzicati | Leo Delibes | (Med-Easy, 2:07) Sleeping Beauty | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | (Medium, 1:33) The Barber of Seville | Gioachino Rossini | (Medium, 1:22) The Royal Fireworks | George Frideric Handel | (Medium, 1:19) Anitra's Dance | Edvard Grieg | (Medium, 1:40) The Entertainer | Scott Joplin | (Medium, 2:10) Spring Season | Antonio Vivaldi | (Medium, 1:47) The Stars and Stripes Forever | John Phillip Sousa | (Medium, 2:12) Badinerie | Johann Sebastian Bach | (Med-Advanced, :57) The Chromatic Galop | Franz Liszt | (Medium, 1:19) The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Paul Dukas | (Med-Advanced, 1:43) Trepak [Russian Dance] | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | (Med-Advanced, 1:10) Turkish March | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | (Med-Advanced, 1:52) Csardas | Vittorio Monti | (Med-Advanced, 1:44) Back Home Again | James F. Hanley | (Medium, 1:18) Raindrop | Frederic Chopin | (Medium, 1:45) Bourree [Duet Version] | Johann Sebastian Bach | (Med-Easy, 1:53) Sleeping Beauty [Duet Version] | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | (Medium, 1:35) Mainstream Mallets ships as a fully-bound book with a sleek cover design by Bob Beck of Montreal's Design Society. Also included are reference recordings of each solo, PDF parts for duets, PDF parts for the piano accompaniment, and audio tracks with piano only, so that players can perform with just the piano accompaniment.
SKU: PR.114413090
ISBN 9781598061147. UPC: 680160564071. 9 x 12 inches.
Commissioned by the Strathmore Hall Foundation, Schocker has constructed a concert work resembling an extended etude. From a deceptively simple opening melody, he introduces runs, trills, broken chords, and chromatic passages all seamlessly integrated into this 5-minute, somewhat challenging showpiece.
SKU: HL.48025032
ISBN 9783793143017. UPC: 196288019961. 9.0x12.0x0.064 inches.
Grasshoppers was written in 1956 during Mamlok’s studies at the Manhattan School. She balances a variety of moods, textures and tempi in six brief movemenm of a divertimento-like character that are thematically unified by the use of melodic fourths and scurrying chromatic figures. The second movement, Night Serenade, is a poignant siciliano, the fourth movement a bitonal Minuet, while the fifth movement, In the Army, is a humorous march. The third movement, In the Rain, is the most virtuosic of the set. Grasshoppers concludes with Hurrying Home, a rapid, often bitonal waltz. Marnlok orchestrared Grasshoppers in 1957. lts 1958 orchestral premiere, by Carl Bamberger and the Süddeutsches Rundfunkorchester, was one of the first important performances of her music. (Barry Wiener).
SKU: BT.PWM5447
''Stabat Mater'' by Karol Szymanowski for solo voices, chorus and orchestra, Op. 53, is one of the most famous and, at the same time, most personal works of the composer, making its appeal to the audience through the depth of its expression and sheer artistry. The first sketches of the work were made in the spring of 1925, while work on the full score occupied the composer from 20 January to 2 March 1926. Józef Jankowskis Polish translation of the medieval sequence formed the basis of the composition. This text, which was simple in a folk-like way, devoid of pathos but full of religious zeal, harmonized perfectly from the poetic point of view with the composers creative design. In an interview for the monthly Muzyka Szymanowski stated: ''in its Polish vestments that eternal, naive hymn was filled for me with its own immediate expressive content; it became something painted in colours which were recognisable and comprehensible as distinct from the black and white of the archaic original'' (''A Footnote to Stabat Mater'', Muzyka 1926, Nos. 11/12). In the score, the Latin text is given beside the Polish text, making it possible for the work to be performed more easily by foreign performers. In this work, the universal tradition of the Christian church was fused with the Polish religious tradition. The composer creates the religious folk-like climate primarily through the character of the melodies which are akin to to the plainchant melodies to the text of Stabat Mater (the sequence, and especially the hymn) and their paraphrases in Polish religious songs (e.g. Sta a Matka Bole ciwa [The Dolorous Mother was standing]) as well as motifs from Polish Lenten songs and Gorzkie ale (Bitter Laments). Szymanowski did not introduce them as quotations, but intersperses the melodic lines, which are more fully developed and frequently highly chromatic, with diatonic phrases, based on modal scales. They appear in all the movements of the work determining its cohesion. In dividing the twenty-stanza text into separate segments, Szymanowski created a six- movement cantata. He took care to distinguish between the emotional shades of the various movements, varying his selection of solo voices (soprano, contralto, baritone), the voices of the chorus (female or mixed) and the orchestral forces. In the first and third movements the lyrical idiom prevails; the first movement, portraying the Mother of God at the foot of the cross, has a narrative character, whereas the third is a kind of prayer from a man who sympathizes with, and who wishes to be associated with Mater Dolorosas pain. In these movements only the female voices are used (soprano, contralto and female chorus), while the orchestra is employed in a chamber style, sometimes drawing on solo accompanying parts (e.g. the beginning of the third movement). The fourth movement, which continues the mood of prayerful contemplation, is designed for soprano and contralto solo as well as unaccompanied chorus. On the other hand, the second and fifth movements, involving the participation of solo baritone and the full chorus and orchestra, are similar with regard to forces and their dramatic character, which is austere in expression, harsh in tone, and markedly dissonant. Here grand climaxes appear with powerful orchestral tutti. The sixth movement crowns the whole. The lyrical, soft melody of the solo soprano at the beginning is gradually strengthened by the addition of the female chorus and the solo contralto, and in the final section, the solo baritone as well as the tutti of chorus and orchestra. The conclusion, subdued and full of concentration, suggests the introvert character of the experience as opposed to its dramatic pathos. Stabat Mater by Szymanowski is part of a long tradition of compositions based on the text of the medieval sequence - ranging from polyphonic works by Josquin des Prés and Palestrina to the romantic Stabat by Giuseppe Verdi and Anton n Dvo ák. And it was perhaps because of his consciousness of this tradition that Szymanowski used stylizing devices in the spirit of early music. The archaization manifests itself not only in the character of the melodies and their modal framework, but also in the harmonies (with their predominance of triads, open fourths and fifths chords and doubled thirds), the simple rhythms as well as the texture of the choruses (esp. the fourth movement). The composer does not, however, imitate the style of any specific historical epoch, but combines resources taken from early music with modern tonal and harmonic techniques. Archaization in Stabat Mater serves, moreover, a symbolic function; in evoking the many-centuries old tradition of church music, it emphasizes the universal nature of the idea contained in the text of the sequence, while the re-reading of the text by the composer gives the work its individual features. [Zofia Helman, translated by Ewa Cholewka].